Holiday Ancestor Discovery

 Dream or Journey

 

Date: 26/10/21	Dream State: SD
Title: Holiday Ancestor Discovery
Summary: I am on an island for a vacation.  It seems to be Europe – Greece?  It is actually the end of my holiday and I’m listless and ready to pack, trying to do it unsuccessfully but not so keen to keep doing holiday things. I have got a touch too much sunburn.  A man comes into the area where my bed is (is this a hostel or a hotel?) and recommends a trip to see the war graves at Colinroyd, which is where the cemetery is. Apparently it has graves of NZers in it. I guess I google it because information comes to me that it has been mentioned by a NZ governmental organization in the last 24 hours and a name leaps out at me Ms Taurangarangi. Suddenly, 4 of my relatives, Gay, Erica, Margaret and Alison appear in the room and attest to my family’s suffering in the war.  I decide to get my bag packed quickly and change my T-shirt and then I’ll go, coming back later on to pick up the bag and go to the airport.
Feelings afterwards? Curious.  The intention for the dream had been “Where is the rest of me?” and this seemed like an answer
Connections, associations, then and now. I had uncles in WW2 and a grandfather in WW1 and others I did not know personally gave war service.  No one close died and was buried on an island in Europe.  The 4 women are aunts and cousins, from the Duncan side, only Margaret remains alive. I had been helping V pack his bag for travel the night before.   Could any of this play out?  Not very likely but I may one day go to Scotland to see where more distant ancestors lived and died.
What would I like to know?  Why the obsession with packing my bag?  How does this dream contribute to finding the rest of me or part thereof? Colinroyd itself does not exist as a word.  Royd means Small areas of land were cleared by farming families from forest and moorland. These clearings were often enclosed with a hedge. In the local dialect of Yorkshire, cleared land was called a 'royd'.  It is a boy’s name of Norse origin. In Maori, Tauranga means resting place, fishing ground, mooring and is the name of a city. Rangi means sky, weather or heavens Cemetery is a completely different word in Maori but the combination of Tauranga and rangi could be resting place in the heavens which underlines this idea of dead ancestors.  And a royd could be cleared land to make a cemetery.  Perhaps Colin was the man who owned or cleared the land.
Input from others
Action plan: Return to family research, especially those who passed in combat
Themes and symbols: Suitcase and clothes, Cemetery, Female relatives, recommendation, Colinroyd, Taurangarangi
Bumper sticker: Visiting cemeteries, a great holiday activity.